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Phrase Type Warm-Ups
Appositive Phrases are noun phrases that describe the adjacent (nearest connected) noun or pronoun.
← They can occur as sentence openers, subject-verb splits, or sentence closers.
← Appositive phrases will always begin with one of the following:
◦ The words “a” “an” or “the”
◦ An adjective or a noun
← Examples:
➢ The Iliad, an epic poem that covers the events of the Trojan War, was written by Homer.
➢ A epic tale of love and death, the Trojan War lasted for ten years.
➢ Odysseus is responsible for the fall of Troy, a historical city with important geographical
➢ ties.
➢ Odysseus, a cunning hero, faced many trials and tribulations throughout his twenty-year journey.
➢ Athena, the green eyed goddess, favored Odysseus and helped him along his journey.
Day 1: Complete the following sentences, adding an appositive phrase at each slash mark.
1. Greece, /_________________________________________________________________ , has a very rich history.
2. Mythology, /_________________________________________________________________ , has many interesting and unique stories.
3. /_________________________________________________________________ , the legend of the Trojan Horse has remained, and it is a figure in movies today.
4. The blind poet named Homer composed epics, / _________________________________________________________________ .
Day 2: Write four sentences, including an appositive phrase in each. You should include at least one sentence opener, one subject-verb splits, and one sentence closer. Each of your sentences should relate to The Odyssey.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Participial Phrases describe nouns and pronouns. Present participles end in ing, and past participles end in ed.
← They can occur as sentence openers, subject-verb splits, or sentence closers.
← Examples:
◦ Fighting to make it home to his wife and child, Odysseus did not quake in the face of danger.
◦ Covering the events of the Trojan War, The Iliad described events that occurred prior to Homer’s Odyssey.
◦ The Trojan War lasted for ten years, destroying a beautiful Mediterranean city.
◦ Devoted to his wife and son, Odysseus was tireless in his efforts to return to Ithica.
Day 3: Complete the following sentences, adding a participial phrase at each slash mark.
1. Odysseus, /_________________________________________________________________ , wanted nothing more than to return home.
2. /_________________________________________________________________ , the Goddess Athena was friend to Odysseus along his journey.
3. Athena was a mythological goddess of war, /_________________________________________________________________ .
4. Poseidon, the god of the ocean and earthquakes, was hateful towards Odysseus, /_________________________________________________________________ .
Day 4: Write four sentences, including a participial phrase in each. You should include at least one sentence opener, one subject-verb splits, and one sentence closer. Each of your sentences should relate to The Odyssey.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Absolute Phrases describe the condition of the attached noun. Absolutes begin with the words my, his, her, its, our, and their.
← They can occur as sentence openers, subject-verb splits, or sentence closers.
← Examples:
◦ Their hands raw, Odysseus’s men rowed tirelessly over the seas of the Ionian Sea.
◦ Her eyes cold and grey, the Goddess Athena was a friend to Odysseus
◦ Telemachus, his anger surmounting, left Ithica to search for news of his father.
◦ Penelope weaved a burial shroud for Odysseus, her heart filled with longing.
Day 5: Complete the following sentences, adding an absolute phrase at each slash mark.
5. /_________________________________________________________________ , the suitors were a greedy pack of disrespectful men.
6. Zeus, /_________________________________________________________________ , sent lightening bolts to punish Odysseus’s men for slaughtering Helios’s cattle.
7. His heart aching, /_________________________________________________________________ , Odysseus continued his journey alone.
8. Calypso desired for Odysseus to remain on her island forever, /_________________________________________________________________ .
Day 6: Write four sentences, including an absolute phrase in each. You should include at least one sentence opener, one subject-verb splits, and one sentence closer. Each of your sentences should relate to The Odyssey.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Prepositional Phrases describe location or physical-space relationship. Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition (examples: at, with, through, toward, between, over, under, around, over…)
← They can occur as sentence openers, subject-verb splits, or sentence closers.
← Examples:
◦ Through dangerous seas, Odysseus battled monsters of the deep, including sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis.
◦ During a raging storm on the winedark sea, Odysseus finally made it home to Ithica.
◦ Penelope’s heart filled with anger and skepticism throughout Odysseus’s absence.
◦ Telemachus, in times of peril and in times of joy, sought advice from the gods.
Phrase Type Warm-Up Practice
Day 7: Complete the following sentences, adding a prepositional phrase at each slash mark.
1. Polyphemus, a man-eating Cyclops, trapped Odysseus’s men /_________________________________________________________________ .
2. /_________________________________________________________________ , Aeolous’s island was both a place of hope and despair for Odysseus.
3. Circe, /_________________________________________________________________ , turned Odysseus’s men into pigs.
4. Eumaeus, /_________________________________________________________________ , was Odysseus’s trusty old sheep herder.
Day 8: Write four sentences, including a prepositional phrase in each. You should include at least one sentence opener, one subject-verb splits, and one sentence closer. Each of your sentences should relate to The Odyssey.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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